徐震 XU Zhen

Photo: Courtesy of the Artist studio

艺术家、策划人、没顶公司创始人。1977年出生,工作和生活于中国上海。

徐震是上海当代艺术领域的标志人物,2004年获得中国当代艺术奖(CCAA)“最佳艺术家”奖项,并作为年轻的中国艺术家参加了第49届威尼斯双年展(2001)主题展,徐震的创作非常广泛,包括装置、摄影、影像和行为等。他的作品在世界各地的博物馆和双年展均有展出,包括威尼斯双年展(2001, 2005)、纽约当代艺术馆(2004)、国际摄影中心(2004)、日本森美术馆(2005)、纽约当代艺术博物馆PS1(2006)、英国泰特利物浦美术馆(2007)、英国海沃德画廊(2012)、里昂双年展(2013)、纽约军械库展览(2014)、上海龙美术馆(2015)、格拉兹美术馆(2015)、悉尼双年展(2016)等。在艺术家身份之外,他同时还是策展人和没顶公司创始人。1998年,徐震作为联合发起人创办了上海第一家独立的非营利机构比翼中心。2006年,他与上海艺术家一起创办了网络艺术社区Art-Ba-Ba(www.art-ba-ba.com),至今还是中国最活跃的探讨、评论当代艺术的平台。2009年,徐震创立了当代艺术创作型公司没顶公司(MadeIn Company),以生产艺术创造力为核心,致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。2013年,没顶公司推出“徐震”品牌。2014年,成立没顶画廊,全方位推广艺术家,引领文化浪潮。

 

Artist, curator, MadeIn Company founder.

Born in 1977, living and working in Shanghai, Xu Zhen has exhibited internationally, at museums and biennales, such as, Venice Biennale (2001, 2005), The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2004), Tate Liverpool (2007), among others. In 2004, he won the prize for ‘Best Artist’ at the China Contemporary Art Award. His practice covers various media such as installations, video, painting, performance, etc. Recent exhibitions include the 20th Sydney Biennial (Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia, 2016), Bentu (Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France, 2016), Corporate (Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, 2015), Xu Zhen Solo Exhibition (Long Museum, Shanghai, China, 2015), 14 Rooms (Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland 2014), Xu Zhen-A MadeIn Company Production, (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2014), The 12th Biennale of Lyon (Lyon, France, 2013), Art of Change (Hayward Gallery, London, 2012).

Aside from being an artist, Xu Zhen is also a curator. He co-curated together with other artists major exhibitions in Shanghai and was one of the initiators of Art-Ba-Ba (www.art-ba-ba.com), a leading online forum for discussion and critique of contemporary art in Shanghai, in 2006. In 2009, Xu Zhen established ‘MadeIn Company’, a contemporary art creation corporate, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities. In 2013, MadeIn Company launched the brand “Xu Zhen” and established MadeIn Gallery in 2014.

徐震®:异形

XU ZHEN®: Alien, XU Zhen

徐震:文明迭代

Xu Zhen: Civilization Iteration, XU Zhen